Independence Pass

More: The road spans the seemingly endless outcroppings of the Rocky Mountains between Aspen and Twin Lakes, Colo. It is the highest paved mountain pass in the country; it also crosses the Continental Divide. At the summit, take a short hike to an overlook that shows 18 mountaintops over 14,000 feet high.

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